but senior republicans, including former vice president mike pence and mitch mcconnell welcome the ruling. millions of women across the united states have lost their constitutional right to abortion, after a ruling of historic significance by the country s supreme court. it has overturned a 50 year law that legalised abortion nationwide and it now means that individual us states are legally able to ban it. up to half of america s 50 states are expected to do so and 13 have already passed so called trigger laws which automatically outlaw abortion with the court s ruling. president biden has said it was a sad day for the court and for the country. 0ur north america editor sarah smith reports now on an issue and a decision which has polarised the united states. this is a huge, historic moment for america. as they hear the news from the court, there isjubilation from anti abortionists. life won today! life won today, they chant, celebrating a victory after almost 50 y
Fined for violating a gag order as maga completes their house takeover. He was one of the intellectual architects of pushing back on the stolen election. Tonight, the radical shift right in the house with come baseman jimmy raskin, and the remarkable scene inside a manhattan courtroom. The ex president was forced to take the stand. You may have seen mr. Trump storm out. I saw a defeated man. New details on the horrific attack inside israel by hamas as the United Nations warns of the increasingly dire situation inside gaza. When all in starts, right now. Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Today, the ex president stormed out of a manhattan courtroom during of Civil Fraud Trial after being punished by the judge for violating a gag order. Judge Arthur Engoron imposed that order earlier this month after donald trump publicly attract a law clerk working on his 250 Million Dollar lawsuit. This afternoon, the judge ordered trump to the Witness Stand to answer for a new disparaging com
Thats that this is a question of president ial leadership. At the end of the day, it will come down to the president of the United States being willing to lead in a big picture and in a more macro sense, make a decision what he can support and pull the trigger on it. Here was Lindsey Graham in our conversation just a few minutes ago. What the house sent over is unacceptable to me. The cres can i the militar chs kill the military. I appreciate House Colleagues but we need to get this done. Were inside the 10 yard line. We need a white house that can make a decision and stick to it. And andegreeia, Lindsey Graham has cultivated his relationship with the president and the attempted skill of talking to the president through the television. And i think theres a lot of message sending going on that look, the way out of this is for the president to live up to what he talks about as the tuesday
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- today, i m going to talk about the path these leaders have chosen under this bill and the dark place that the bill will take us. - this bill was a four-pronged anti-abortion access bill. it bans abortion after 20 weeks, it restricts the prescription of medication abortions, it requires abortion providers to have hospital admitting privileges at local hospitals, and it requires that abortion facilities meet the standards of ambulatory surgical centers. it s a really intense set of regulations. - do you not see that this bill will provide the safest care for a woman who decides to have an abortion? - though it was being argued that this bill would make women safer.